, where they rested and tended to their wounded all the next day . ka ##wa ##guchi ' s units were then ordered to withdraw west to the mata ##nik ##au river valley to join with ok ##a ' s unit , a 6 mi ( 9 @ . @ 7 km ) march over difficult terrain . ka ##wa ##guchi ' s troops began the march on the morning of 16 september . almost every soldier able to walk had to help carry the wounded . as the march progressed , the exhausted and hungry soldiers , who had eaten their last rations on the morning before their withdrawal , began to disc ##ard their heavy equipment and then their rifles . by the time most of
, where they rested and tended to their wounded all the next day. kawaguchi's units were then ordered to withdraw west to the matanikau river valley to join with oka's unit, a 6 mi ( 9 @. @ 7 km ) march over difficult terrain. kawaguchi's troops began the march on the morning of 16 september. almost every soldier able to walk had to help carry the wounded. as the march progressed, the exhausted and hungry soldiers, who had eaten their last rations on the morning before their withdrawal, began to discard their heavy equipment and then their rifles. by the time most of